“The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well a...” — Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quote

“The beginnings of my studies also came to me from my father, as well as from the Rabbinical Judge of our town. But they were preceded by three tutors under whom I studied, one after the other, from the time I was three and a half till I turned eight and a half.”

“I was five years old when I wrote my first song. It was out of longing for my father that I wrote it.”

“As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.”

“I was fascinated by 'The Lord of the Rings' from about the age of eight, and that lasted well into my teens.”

“One medal. One shot. One lap. Eight riders. No lanes. No right of way. Just go.”

“The odds are so against me, one mom and eight kids.”